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I'm swapping an LT1 into my 71 and I'm going with a 3.9 R200 with std. half shafts. The main concern for durability is u-joints, the diff itself should be ok unless you like to do long pegleg burnouts.
Since you have a ZX it should be easier to swap to the cv-joint setup, look into that if you still have concerns. The LSD is the next step after that.
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Al pistons are alloyed with copper, zinc, and silicon to withstand the temp. Unfortunately the alloys used are very susceptible to corrosion, especially when welded.Originally posted by jt1:Thanks John, I hadn't considered melting point being a problem. It would be a complete bummer to fab up a system and it melt and fall off. Heads and pistons are AL though and they do fine. Maybe because they are cooled by the intake charge? Anyway, I'll give it some more thought. I've got some grass burners laying around from my dirt track days, maybe I'll try them on the Z.
John
If you could cast your entire exhaust out of the stuff, that might work
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Those people raised your fiancée. I promise you, you are going to find that the girl is just like her mother. Two faced. Maybe you can live with the other head, but maybe the other head will tell you "no more Z car." What will you do then?
It's time for you to give their little girl a test too. It isn't true false, multiple choice, or anything else you've heard of. You don't need your parents to help administer it, you need a lawyer. The test is called a prenuptial agreement, all she has to do is sign. Otherwise, I'm sure she knows where the door is.
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Do you consider Syntec to be a synthetic oil?Originally posted by Greimann:There is no problem with mixing synthetic and conventional motor oils of any viscosity or brand.
BTW I am a Castrol service engineer.
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Come on guys, you have to acknowledge that both imports and domestics have good things going for them. If only you could combine the properties of the two...
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Clearly this auction is bogus, because they claim the sand came from the trunks of the police cars. As any DoH fan can tell you, the police cars tipped over EVERY time they jumped, even when going over a jump just completed successfully by the general lee. This indicates a lack of sand in the trunk of any genuine car, thusly the sand is not Dukes of Hazard sand, but rather common beach sand. BEACH SAND!In all of the car jumps on the show, the "jump cars" had to be weighted in the rear with some type of substance to counterweight the cars engine. This kept the cars from tipping over or "nose diving". -
I think the oil temp can also trigger the electric fans, but thats about it. If your not using them, then I'd forget about it.
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It seems to me that using a pulley without a lip to do an 80 deg. turn wouldn't be good, although chevy did even more with the ps pump.Originally posted by Tim240Z:BTW, in hindsight, I could have just used the wheel from the OE idler pulley instead of the Ford unit, but since I had it already I decided to keep the OE one intact...just incase. If I really felt ambitious, I could probably mount the OE idler in place of the P/S pump 'pulley', but would mean some fairly significant bracketry fabrication and the benefits just don't outweigh the work involved IMO.
Anyhow, I think I'm going to use an idler pulley from McMaster-Carr (6235K74 if anyone is interested.)
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Hey, I owe you a beer nowOriginally posted by Tim240Z:Oltmann,
Dude, you're in Mission Viejo? Man, that's just down the road...we should hook up, or you should come to the next gathering at my place.
I'll definately go to your next gathering (do you post them on here?) and if your in the area some time I'll buy you lunch. I work in Irvine.Thanks again.
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That's great! I never thought about modifying the PS pump like that. Please post the part number for the belt. I'd also like to see some pics, but I have a good idea what you are talking about.
Thanks.
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It got me excited! Please post more info when you have the time, especially regarding belt routing.
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Here is a link to the last time this was discussed. Read through it and post any further questions there, rather than making a new thread. You can find old topics like this using the search function.
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I thought that was a good question, so I looked up this article:Originally posted by Jim Powers:Just don't climb any mountains after having laser surgery on your eyes. I wonder if this could also affect pilots?
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"I'm sorry but I can not see an issue with your internet connection, and we do not Guaranteed Upstream Bandwidth."
but...
"You will get a max upload of 256 Kbps, we do not guarantee the upload, you will get anything up to a max of 256 Kbps."
So really they guarantee that the service will be at least this slow. Possibly much slower!
I suggest you get a job at the University of California like me. My only problem is finding servers that don't cap their internet connection.
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Nissan is using a "variable capacity muffler" in some of their cars.
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The patent was filed March 27, 1995. Hopefully you can read it here /snip/Originally posted by Tim240Z:[Depends how long they have been making them, I did my Land Rover Overdrive indicator over 10 years ago!
The idea is very simple and I think the T56 shifter is well suited to the application.
Ok, it barfed over the super long url. Do a search for patent# 5,552,761 here.
Man, I'm bored.
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It looks pretty similiar to Tim240z's idea (you violated their patent btw, lol)
I was hoping to hijack the T56's CAGS system, but as it turns out the ecu guesses the gear selected based on mph and rpm.
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Hopefully he covered his urethra in JB Weld too, then he would qualify.Originally posted by Super280z:wouldnt it be "Future Darwin Award Winner" though?
still thats stinkin rediculous.. someone needs to teach these kids some common sense.. grr...
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I feel like I've fallen into a "nuh-uh" contest.Originally posted by 1fastz:it proves nothing of the sort i think you should look again..
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That test proves that there is plenty of time for the fuel to vaporize before it is sucked into the combustion chamber. It happens in several ms in a pressurized direct injection environment!Originally posted by 1fastz:1. ottman that test says nothig gabout the efect of cooling it is determining evaporation in the COMBUSTION chamber ..
the cooling efect takes place before the fuel ever reaches the valve.
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I don't think that is true.Originally posted by 1fastz:1 presure involved is not notworthy. Yes it atomizes the fuel better but it does not allow for time for the fuel to evaporate ..
http://naca.larc.nasa.gov/reports/1933/naca-report-435/
I also can't see how cooling the intake manifold does anything but take heat out of the manifold, and put it in to the intake charge.
Same advice applies to real marriages.
I'll definately go to your next gathering (do you post them on here?) and if your in the area some time I'll buy you lunch. I work in Irvine.
That's great! I never thought about modifying the PS pump like that. Please post the part number for the belt. I'd also like to see some pics, but I have a good idea what you are talking about. 
Variable Exhaust...
in Gen I & II Chevy V8 Tech Board
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Adding backpressure.
The last thread on this issue, although the focus was on the idea that you could reduce noise at cruising/idle rpms without reducing performance.